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Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025)

Ubisoft Québec

Mac · Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

3.43 from 145 ratings

486 members have it in their collection · 39 playing now · 165 backlogged · 335 wish listed

How long? Main story 37h · with extras 80h · 100% 81h (from 15 logged playthroughs)

Experience an epic historical action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi Assassin and a powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos. Switch seamlessly between two unlikely allies as you discover their common destiny. Master complementary playstyles, create your shinobi league, customize your hideout, and usher in a new era for Japan.
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Developers
Ubisoft Québec
Publishers
Ubisoft Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Historical, Open world, Stealth
Franchises
Assassin's Creed
Series
Assassin's Creed
Events
State of Play: 2024-09-24, Ubisoft Forward, Xbox Games Showcase 2024, AG French Direct 2024
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 20, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Dec 02, 2025 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2

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Featured in lists

The Chronolog: From History To Sci-fi by Jevnation · 360 games · 2
Assassin's Creed by AlisShade · 14 games · 0
GOTY 2025 by LarsFrukt · 40 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
22
4 stars
49
3 stars
53
2 stars
12
1 star
9
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Community All Reviews Statuses

BMO

Status BMO Mar 28, 2025

Jesus, I found a weapon and skill that basically makes Naoe invincible. It’s kind of insane because it was only a level three weapon when I found it so it’s an early game item.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 27, 2025

Does anyone remember if other AC games have contemporary songs in them? Is this the only AC game with anachronistic music? It’s really giving this game the vibe of a martial arts eiga, especially something slightly on the B-scale of schlockier action epics out of the 60s or 70s.

And what’s with the synthwave menu tunes? lol

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 27, 2025

The white chapter title on a white background is a nice touch Ubisoft, nice and accessible 🙄

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 27, 2025

This game has big Quentin Tarantino does Japanese epic energy. I leave that to you to interpret if it’s good or bad, lol.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 27, 2025

What is with Ubisoft’s obsession with 30fps cutscenes? Surely dropping in frame rate during a cutscene is never not jarring.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 27, 2025

So immersive mode locks you into Japanese and Portuguese dialogue, which I love, but doesn’t include synced dialogue. Not so immersive when it looks like the lips are saying something that doesn’t match the written dialogue. It’s the Ghost Of Tsushima problem all over again.

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May_Odaigahara

Status May_Odaigahara Mar 25, 2025

Apparently the engine is running a fluid simulation for all of the incredible wind effects in this game, that's so insane. No wonder this game looks so good. The devs were cooking here

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Vakil

Status Vakil Mar 24, 2025

Steam reviews are calling out microtransactions in this $70 game. I guess that's just the state of the industry. I don't see myself buying this anyway.

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May_Odaigahara

Status May_Odaigahara Mar 23, 2025

I'm pleasantly surprised that the hardest combat difficulty is actually pretty hard, though this is certainly exacerbated by my character being low level and still having the starting equipment. I'm also still not used to deflect timings, either.

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